Microchip Operated Cat Flap?

clancy

I have the new version & it still takes a few seconds to beep

Ladyhawk

We have a gorgeous little grey bundle of fluff that comes to visit. My boys don't seem particulary bothered by her but am thinking about investing in the microchip catflap. My two boys are rather hefty bruisers - weighing in at about 6.5kgs (vet says their weight is fine though) I am concerned that the hole won't be big enough with the Sureflap... anyone else with big cats use them?

xMonsoonx

frivolous_fay wrote: »

How quickly do they trigger? Hobbes tends to run at our current flap in a blind panic. If his aim is off and he doesn't get through first time, he gives up and backs himself against the door for a confrontation. I don't want to make it any harder for him to get in.

Is it going to be a problem that the hole for our current flap is quite high off the ground? (PVC door, big frame + small step down to the patio)

on the sureflap microchip cat flap and as soon as our kitty puts her head into the tunnel she activates the lock, we also have it set with the fast lock and it locks behind her within seconds

cheeswright

we have sureflap - fantastic - and battery operated so no surface wiring stuck to door and wall and all the way to the plug socket like with some others -
batteries last well over a year - I change them anually anyway just to be sure - but never even had the warning light come on

door works on principal of only recognised microchipped cats in - any cat out - they are also much more compact than the competition ( huge hood arrangement on some )- but it WONT operate if inserted within 10 or 15 cm of a metal bar in a door i forget which - so check door with a magnet before buying

yes expensive but evil neighbours kitty just has to sit there in the rain now - no free food - no fights in our kitchen - no vets bills for clawed cats - no nervy peeing from our cats - not a bargin - but its paid for itself
one of our cats is very big - although a softy and he has no problems

Gloomendoom

cheeswright wrote: »

yes expensive but evil neighbours kitty just has to sit there in the rain now - no free food - no fights in our kitchen - no vets bills for clawed cats - no nervy peeing from our cats - not a bargin - but its paid for itself one of our cats is very big - although a softy and he has no problems

With that list, it sounds like a bargain to me... whatever it cost!

dollywops

I am so pleased we replaced our existing Staywell with a Sureflap.

Clio, who got run over in January, never got the hang of the Staywell and we kept the magnet sellotaped down permanently, but it also meant we had an unwelcome visitor occassionally. She also had a regular habit of losing her collar, complete with magnet!

Benjy, who was 7 months old on Thursday, was renamed 'collarless' yesterday. He has had this collar for a whole 2 weeks and has ditched it somewhere. Without his Sureflap, he would have been a very unhappy kitty.

We have it on the original setting and it takes a few seconds to lock. I don't know whether to leave it on that setting or re-set it to lock immediately. What has anyone else done?

xMonsoonx

well its been nearly 4 months since we installed ours, our kitty has worked out how to use it - although she still prefers to have to door opened for her!

Food bills have been slashed! i can't believe how much money we are save in that respect.

Our kitty is much happier and is never stressed about unwanted visitors.

We have the sureflap one, our neighbour is now considering one after one of his cats lost her collar and as they where out for the day she was stuck outside till they got home.

We have ours set on the quick lock just in case.